Mapping of b-value beneath the Shillong Plateau

Gondwana Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 271-276

  Khan, P K ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

B value; Bouguer gravity anomaly; Crustal structure; Seismic coupling; Strong Indian lithosphere

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HETEROGENEITY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PARAMETERIZATION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMICITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

INDIA; SHILLONG PLATEAU;

EID: 15944411388     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71126-6     Document Type: Letter

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